Brazil's Senate confirms reappointment of prosecutor general

BRASILIA Aug 26 (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate confirmed on
Wednesday the reappointment of Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot,
who is leading a massive corruption investigation that has put
dozens of politicians under scrutiny for allegedly receiving
kickbacks.

The Senate voted in favor of Janot's reappointment 59-12
after lawmakers questioned him for more than 10 hours about the
investigation focused on a bribery scheme at state-run oil firm
Petrobras.

President Dilma Rousseff, who is not being investigated in
the scandal, had reappointed Janot on Aug. 8 after he received
overwhelming support from federal prosecutors.

Janot, 57, told senators the investigation was apolitical
and that he had not leaked details of the probe to the press.

He was criticized last week by Fernando Collor de Mello, a
former president who was impeached in 1992 and formally charged
in the scandal involving Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as Petrobras is
formally known.
(Reporting by Maria Carolina Marcello; Writing by Caroline
Stauffer; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)